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Individuals living in southeastern Colorado are more vulnerable to potential health effects from climate change than residents in other parts of the state, in part, because of the region’s susceptibility to heat and drought, according to a new index from the Colorado Health Institute.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will take the first major steps this summer to clean up wastewater flowing from dozens of old mines at a Superfund site in southwestern Colorado, officials said Thursday.

Denver slipped to 29th place in a new national ranking of cities' park access and quality, buoyed by a wide distribution of parks but hurt by an overall lack of acreage. Mayoral run-off candidates Jamie Giellis and Michael Hancock on Wednesday grappled with this challenge.

Federal, state and tribal water managers are marking completion of a long-negotiated plan for 40 million people and vast irrigated farms to share crucial Colorado River water despite ongoing drought in the arid U.S. Southwest.